Rate, origin, and bidirectionality of Caulobacter chromosome replication as determined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
AUTOR(ES)
Dingwall, A
RESUMO
Cell division in Caulobacter crescentus yields progeny cells that differ with respect to cell structure and developmental program. Chromosome replication initiates in the daughter stalked cell but is repressed in the daughter swarmer cell until later in the cell cycle. To study cell-type-specific DNA initiation, chromosome replication was directly analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Analysis of Dra I restriction fragments of DNA taken at various times from synchronized cell cultures labeled with 2'-deoxy[3H]guanosine has allowed us to determine the origin of DNA replication, the rate and direction of fork movement, and the order of gene replication. The first labeled Dra I fragment to appear contains the site of replication initiation. Based on the correlation of the physical and genetic maps derived by Ely and Gerardot [Ely, B. & Gerardot, C. J. (1988) Gene 68, 323-333], the origin was localized to a 305-kilobase fragment containing the rrnA gene. Furthermore, the sequential replication through unmapped Dra I fragments has enabled us to localize their positions on the genome. The order of appearance of labeled restriction fragments revealed that the chromosome replicates bidirectionally at a fork movement rate of 21 kilobases per minute.
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